print;
book;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1992,0406.172
- Description
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Liefde, Jan de. The postman’s bag and other stories. Illustrated by John Pettie, Alfred W. Cooper, W. Mactaggart, A.R. S. A. [i.e. William Mactaggart], R. T. Ross, W. P. Burton [i.e. William Paton Burton], and others. Edinburgh: Alexander Strahan and Co.; London: Hamilton, Adams and Co., 1863. Edinburgh: T. Constable, printer to the Queen, and to the University. Iv,194p. 15 plates. With four pages of publishers’ titles bound at the end. The frontispiece plate is entitled: “The Postman’s Bag”. It is signed: “A. Ritchie. Lith. Edinr.” Several of the plates are signed with the artist’s monogram. Robin de Beaumont's notes regarding price and dating of this copy are written on the front endpaper verso.
Binding: Bevelled boards. Brown endpapers and pastedowns. Brown sand-grain cloth. Both covers are blocked identically on the borders, corners sides, head and tail. On the borders, within a single wide fillet blocked in blind, a repeating pattern of curling stems and leaves is blocked in relief. Inside this, ‘branch-like’ fillets are blocked on the perimeter, joining at the corners and forming straps on the centre head. A pattern of ivy stems, leaves and buds is blocked amongst the branches, and inwards on the corners, the sides, the head and the tail. On the centre of the upper cover, the words: “/ The/ Postman’s Bag/ a Christmas book/ for/ boys & girls/ by The Rev. J. de. Liefde/” are blocked in gold. The spine is blocked in gold and in blind and relief. From the head downwards, curling branches, blocked in relief, form three ovals, in the lower two of which ivy leaves and buds are blocked in relief. Within the oval near the head, the title words: “/ The/ Postman’s/ Bag/” are blocked in gold. At the tail, the publisher name: “/ A. Strahan & Co./” is blocked in gold.
- Production date
- 1862
- Dimensions
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Height: 176 millimetres
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Thickness: 20 millimetres
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Width: 135 millimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: The postman’s bag and other stories.
- Acquisition date
- 1992
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1992,0406.172
